Ice creeper



J. DUMAS ICE CREEPER Oct. 6, 1931.

E iled 0011. 23, 1929 INVENTOR ATTORNEV P' at en tedoct. 6, 1 9 31 @JOSEPHJDUMAS, or'nn'rsronoonunc'rrour Ion oREErnR Application filed October 23,

'v 7 This invention relates to new and useful I improvements in ice creepers primarily adapted to be worn upon shoes and the like.

An object of the invention contemplates the provision and arrangement of means i whereby .the form of creeper may be applied upon'a'shoe devoid of strap fastenings and without causing any diseomforture to the wearer;

Another object of'the lnvention comprehends an adjustment feature by means of which the creeper may be easily and efiectively attached to the various forms and sizes of heels.

-More specifically stated the creeperbody and adjustment are provided with acommon' form of lock whereby the creeper willbe maintained in position for use.

, "With the above and other objects in view,

I the invention further consists of the following novelfeatures and details of construction to beihereinafter more fully described, illustrat ed in the accompanying drawings'and pointed I tion as applied for use.

out in the appended claims. v

In the drawings I Figure 1 is a perspective view of my inven- Figure Qis. a top plan view of the invention in applied position. b

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 with the adjustment and locking mechanism released and the sectionsof the creeper body spread apart to initially accommodate or re.-

lease a heel or sole of a shoe, as the case may bet Referring to the drawings in detail whereinlike characters of'reference "denote corre- "'sponding rparts, the reference characters 10 and 11' respectively indicate the sections or component portions of a sectional creeper 7 body; "Said sections when arranged in the positions shown'in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings resemble in outline the configuration ofthe conventional form of-shoe heel. It is obviously apparent that themarginal edges of the sections or'portions of thecreeper body may be altered in conformity with the p angularity of the "sole portions of shoes to facilitate an adequate application thereof.

. -The sections are separated by a cutting line 1929.- Serial No. 401,799.

12 extending obliquely. across the longitudinal-center-of the completed creeper body.

flat side of the creeper body to a point adjacent thecenter thereof and is then brought into intersectingrelation with horizontal shoulder portions, 13 extending in a direction contrary to that pursued by the cuttingline.

The remaining portionsof the inner side edge of the section 10 beyond the shoulder 13 therefor is longitudinally and obliquelydisposed, as indicated at 14, from the innermost portion of the shoulder 13 toward and in communication with the rounded rear portion of the immediate section. 'The section 11 is correspondingly shaped in accordance with the edge 14: of the section 10 but in addition is inclined more severely to establish a space between the latter mentioned edges to facilitate expanding'of the shoe heel, if composed of rubber, wherebyl'the device will be adequately retained against displacement; The means for-securing the completedbody about and upona shoe'heel primarily resides in the provision and arrangement of tabs or eare 1:5 upstanding at spacedrintervals upon" the outer marginal edgeslof -theqsections and which are brought-into direct engagementwith vthe side wall of the shoe heel in the manner shown in Figure 1 0f the drawings. a vThessections of the creeper body are rela tively expanded and contracted, during the eontactingreleasing:actions, through the instrumentality of an elongated plate 16.

Pivot pins 17-and 1 8,arranged at spaced intervals upon the elongated plate 16 and preferably in the path of a line drawn diagonally between corners of the elongated plate,

are also passed through the corners formed between the horizontally disposed shoulders This cutting line extends inwardly from the of each of the sections and the second mens tioned obliquely inclined innermost edges 14;.

A stud 19 carried upon the upper face and ad]acent one corner of the elongated plate 16, is adapted for reception within any one of a plurality of openings 20 in the section 10 disposed in the formation of an arc in accordance with the course pursued by the stud during shifting movement of the elongated adjusting plate 16. The stud and aperture con- 1 g I nection-provides-the locking mechanism rei .c ferred; to in the foregoing.

jurles. v 7 The invention is susceptible/ 0f various 1 Changes in its, form, proportions and minor details ofconstructiomand the right is herein Q- r reseryed to make such changes as'properly v ,fallwithin the scope ofthe ap'pended claims. a I {THaving thus described the invention, what;

V jAsunderstood from the illustration of my in'ventionin' Figure]. of the drawings, the e sections 10 and 11 as well as the elongated ad justin'g plate 16 are provided with forms of I l c penetrating -,..elements, indicated as at 21.; l 'Y These "elements are designed to penetrate the frozenfground or ice whereby the wearer-may not slip and fall andsufl'er consequent i lis claimedis':

' lifiAn ice creeper comprismga body com posed-of multiple sections,-s'aid sections being separated by series of oblique and horizontallydisposed cutting -lines,: heel engagin'g portions'carried upon the outerportion off each ofthe sectiongan-danelongatedadjusta v 7 i'ng plate having pivot pins arrangedat If; I

spaced intervals in the pathof a line drawn v diagonally between corners-thereofand piv otally connected with portions of the sections immediatelyadjac'ent'the intersections oftli'eshoulders-and obliquelyfi-nclined 'innerside edges I v 2.-An ice creeper-comprising abody 'com -f posed of multiple'sections; said sectionsbeing separated by series of oblique andh'orizontally 'di'sposedcutting lines, hejel engaging portions carried'uponthe outer portions of a a each ofvt'hesectionsfan-elongated adjusting plateghaving pivot pins arranged at spaced intervalsrin' the patho'fa line drawndiag anally between corners thereof and :pivotally connected 'with portionsof the sectiOnsim inediat'ely adjacentthe' intersections ofthe shoulders and ;obliquely inclined 'innerside edges; a stud" arranged upon the elongated plate, andone ofthe se'ctionshaving a multi- "plicity of openings arrang'edin the formation o-fran 'arc pursuant to the path' of'm'ovement and to selectively accommodate said stud to facilitate.application-of the creeper upon tne ;varioussizes.and sliapes of heelsu p p v 7 'y' whe reof laffix my signature. I 1 a 5 Y JOSEPH DUMAS 

